Use base consonants only
|
View positions
|
Labial
|
Coronal
|
Dorsal
|
Radical
|
Laryngeal
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
Bilabial
|
Labio-dental
|
Dental
|
Alveolar
|
Palato-alveolar
|
Retroflex
|
Palatal
|
Velar
|
Uvular
|
Pharyngeal
|
Epi-glottal
|
Glottal
|
|||||||||||||
|
Plosive
|
b ⁿb | *d *ⁿd d ⁿd | ɡ ɡʷ ⁿɡ ⁿɡʷ |
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||||
|
Nasal
|
m | *n n | ŋ ŋʷ |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||
|
Trill
|
*r |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
|
Tap, Flap
|
ɽ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lateral flap
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||
|
Fricative
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lateral fricative
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||||||||
|
Approximant
|
j | w | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lateral approximant
|
|
|
|
|
*l |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
Front |
Near-front |
Central |
Near-back |
Back |
|||
Close |
|||||||
Near-close | |||||||
Close-mid | |||||||
Mid | |||||||
Open-mid | |||||||
Near-open | |||||||
Open | |||||||
| Selected languages: | Mbabaram |
| UPSID number: | 8373 |
| Alternate name(s): | N/A |
| Classification: | Australian, Pama-Nyungan |
| The languages has | 24 segments |
| Frequency index: | N/A |
| Sounds: | [ⁿb] [b] [*ⁿd] [*d] [ⁿd̠] [d̠] [ⁿɡʷ] [ɡʷ] [ⁿɡ] [ɡ] [ɽ] [*r] [*l] [w] [j] [m] [*n] [n̠] [ŋʷ] [ŋ] [i] [u] [ɯ] [ä] |
| Comments: | Mbabaram was spoken between the Walsh and Herbert rivers in northern Queensland, Australia. Dixon's descriptions (1966 a,b) are long on formalisms but short of phonetic detail. The simple stops are interpreted as voiced on the basis of symbols chosen by Dixon. |
| Sources: | Dixon, R.M.W. 1966a. Mbabaram: a dying Australian language. Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Languages (London) 29: 97-121. Dixon, R.M.W. 1966b. Mbarabam Phonology. Stephen Austin and Sons, Ltd., Hertford. |